<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049</id><updated>2011-12-14T18:59:51.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign Films Info</title><subtitle type='html'>Information about new foreign film releases.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2134</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112509001962511009</id><published>2005-08-26T10:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T14:00:19.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=31437" id="r-11_0"&gt;Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portland Tribune, OR -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian contraption is as modernistic as its name.   Regular films are $9.50, here, about the same as at the multiplex, but seats in the living rooms are   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-16_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508260218aug26,0,5152805.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-5_1100746029"&gt;`Witness' an unexpected Weir winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  it if, instead of the Amish community, it had been the Italian community in   concede that the curious alienation coursing through so many of his films may stem   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-14_1100743613"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050826/1012359.asp" id="r-17_1100754133"&gt;The magic of invention&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Buffalo News,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Moog, in a 2000 interview conducted by members of the Italian synth-lounge band the   this is the same Dick Hyman who went on to score several films for Woody   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&amp;amp;ID=9971" id="r-1_0"&gt;HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation s capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-7_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.domain-b.com/marketing/general/2005/20050825_marketing_review.html" id="r-10_1100745978"&gt;Marketing review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;domain-B, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a minimum of Rs2.5 lakh, the average price of Fendi, an Italian designer watch   rights of the entire library of film producer Boney Kapoor's films including the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112509001962511009?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112509001962511009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112509001962511009' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112509001962511009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112509001962511009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-never-mind-plexes-venue.html' title='Italian films - Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112509000938412649</id><published>2005-08-26T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T14:00:09.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3389034a1870,00.html" id="r-10_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-3_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=54936&amp;amp;paper=62&amp;amp;cat=104" id="r-7_0"&gt;Worth Noting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Centre View, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  at the Fairfax County Government Center from 7:30-9:30 pm Spanish-speaking volunteers are   Films for preschoolers ages 2-5 with adult at 10:30 am at Centreville   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/26/sections/entertainment/et_movies/article_649036.php" id="r-9_0"&gt;Film guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In Spanish with English subtitles. (LA Daily News) 1 hour, 33 minutes.   "Pretty Persuasion" - Not rated - (Rancho Niguel 8) Reminiscent of films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-4_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/26/DDGAKECNJ91.DTL" id="r-5_1100746450"&gt;Latino superstars bring 'Big Tour' to Peninsula&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  collaborations with Amaia (Montero) of La Oreja de Van Gogh (the Spanish rock band   Like his father, Fern ndez also has a second career in films and recently   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4032447,00.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Changes in store for cable users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  AZN (channel 108) A network geared to Asian American viewers, including Asian films, sports, news, anim?   HTV Musica (channel 616) A Spanish music video channel   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-14_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  because there really aren't any places for the community to see foreign films around here.". Last year's series included flicks such as Spanish auteur Pedro   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-15_0"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/08.24.05/movies-0534.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Fall 2005 Arts Guide:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Imagine Allen producing great films in late age, like Bu uel or De Oliveira, but   Hugh Jackman in the past, present and future: as a Spanish conquistador, a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12483259.htm" id="r-6_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/08.24.05/listings-0534.html" id="r-18_1100746058"&gt;Save the Date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  1 Spanish dancer and choreographer brings his troupe of 20 to the   This prestigious festival showcases independent films and bigger features destined for the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-12_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002452141_screeningroom26.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;What other critics are saying&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But his other films had the benefit of a singular vision.   this is the first time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/features/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19849_4030316,00.html" id="r-11_1100720513"&gt;Auditions, Museums, Galleries North, August 26, 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  New Mexico" film festival: Local filmmakers invited to submit films to be   Governor's Gallery: "Indian and Spanish Market Award Winners Exhibition." Through Sept   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=31437" id="r-8_0"&gt;Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portland Tribune, OR -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  s menu is a trendy mix of local ingredients, Asian inspiration and Spanish tapas   Regular films are $9.50, here, about the same as at the multiplex, but seats in   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112509000938412649?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112509000938412649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112509000938412649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112509000938412649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112509000938412649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-forman-to-direct-goya.html' title='Italian films - Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112508640417929087</id><published>2005-08-26T09:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T13:00:04.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-7_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508260218aug26,0,5152805.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-14_1100746029"&gt;`Witness' an unexpected Weir winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  to me a better landing spot for me, as an English-speaking foreign director.   concede that the curious alienation coursing through so many of his films may stem   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "We used to show foreign films sporadically, maybe once a   "We get a very different reaction to foreign films than we do from, say, a speaker or a comedian.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-16_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-10_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-12_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-3_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/years-of-subsidy-and-film-is-still-reeling/2005/08/26/1124563025450.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Years of subsidy and film is still reeling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  trackies and an aesthetic slouch into the armchair. I knew, after years away watching good foreign films, that I had come home.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050826/41232600.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;Cinema industry dumbing down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;RIA Novosti, Russia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  advocating that a certain percentage of the revenues from foreign blockbusters be   opinion cannot be ignored, as the overwhelming majority of films screened in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-15_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sheknows.com/about/look/4572.htm" id="r-20_1100754295"&gt;West meets East, part 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;SheKnows.com, AZ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;50 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  See part 1 and part 2 of this story.). KaDee: A lot of times, American films or western films, use dialogue so much.   This was something so foreign to me.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200508260536.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Imperialism: Self Inflicted or Coincidence?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;AllAfrica.com, Africa -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  for various reasons which include our love for the foreign life and   They portray all this in their films, massages and programmes, presenting themselves as the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-18_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-2_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-19_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112508640417929087?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112508640417929087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112508640417929087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508640417929087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508640417929087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-local-and-foreign-films_26.html' title='French films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112508640286226621</id><published>2005-08-26T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T13:00:02.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Changes in store for cable users  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4032447,00.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Changes in store for cable users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  AZN (channel 108) A network geared to Asian American viewers, including Asian films, sports, news, anim?   HTV Musica (channel 616) A Spanish music video channel   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-3_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-12_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=16874" id="r-10_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112508640286226621?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112508640286226621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112508640286226621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508640286226621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508640286226621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-changes-in-store-for.html' title='Foreign films - Changes in store for cable users  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112508281165634539</id><published>2005-08-26T08:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T12:00:11.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-19_0"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2353" id="r-11_0"&gt;TV News: HBO LATINO OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS DURING HISPANIC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iFMagazine -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of MARIA FULL OF GRACE, HBO Films' riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman's journey   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  because there really aren't any places for the community to see foreign films around here.". Last year's series included flicks such as Spanish auteur Pedro   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-4_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/features/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19849_4030316,00.html" id="r-15_1100720513"&gt;Auditions, Museums, Galleries North, August 26, 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  New Mexico" film festival: Local filmmakers invited to submit films to be   Governor's Gallery: "Indian and Spanish Market Award Winners Exhibition." Through Sept   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4032447,00.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Changes in store for cable users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  AZN (channel 108) A network geared to Asian American viewers, including Asian films, sports, news, anim?   HTV Musica (channel 616) A Spanish music video channel   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-16_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-3_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-13_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-17_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/12480626.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Leguizamo does dramatic turn as TV reporter in 'Cronicas'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Philadelphia Daily News, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language he   They've made careers out of films that feature fleshed-out characters in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/26/sections/entertainment/et_movies/article_649036.php" id="r-9_0"&gt;Film guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In Spanish with English subtitles. (LA Daily News) 1 hour, 33 minutes.   "Pretty Persuasion" - Not rated - (Rancho Niguel 8) Reminiscent of films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002452141_screeningroom26.html" id="r-18_0"&gt;What other critics are saying&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But his other films had the benefit of a singular vision.   this is the first time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=31437" id="r-8_0"&gt;Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portland Tribune, OR -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  s menu is a trendy mix of local ingredients, Asian inspiration and Spanish tapas   Regular films are $9.50, here, about the same as at the multiplex, but seats in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=54936&amp;amp;paper=62&amp;amp;cat=104" id="r-7_0"&gt;Worth Noting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Centre View, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  at the Fairfax County Government Center from 7:30-9:30 pm Spanish-speaking volunteers are   Films for preschoolers ages 2-5 with adult at 10:30 am at Centreville   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001020396" id="r-10_1100718747"&gt;Portman, Bardem star in Forman's Goya biopic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112508281165634539?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112508281165634539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112508281165634539' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508281165634539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508281165634539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-dygra-films-selects.html' title='Spanish films - Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112508281008109815</id><published>2005-08-26T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T12:00:10.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-19_0"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/features/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19849_4030316,00.html" id="r-15_1100720513"&gt;Auditions, Museums, Galleries North, August 26, 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  New Mexico" film festival: Local filmmakers invited to submit films to be   Governor's Gallery: "Indian and Spanish Market Award Winners Exhibition." Through Sept   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-16_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-3_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/08.24.05/listings-0534.html" id="r-14_1100746058"&gt;Save the Date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  1 Spanish dancer and choreographer brings his troupe of 20 to the   This prestigious festival showcases independent films and bigger features destined for the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-17_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-4_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2353" id="r-11_0"&gt;TV News: HBO LATINO OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS DURING HISPANIC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iFMagazine -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of MARIA FULL OF GRACE, HBO Films' riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman's journey   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002452141_screeningroom26.html" id="r-18_0"&gt;What other critics are saying&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But his other films had the benefit of a singular vision.   this is the first time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-13_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001020396" id="r-10_1100718747"&gt;Portman, Bardem star in Forman's Goya biopic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12483259.htm" id="r-6_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/12480626.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Leguizamo does dramatic turn as TV reporter in 'Cronicas'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Philadelphia Daily News, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language he   They've made careers out of films that feature fleshed-out characters in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  because there really aren't any places for the community to see foreign films around here.". Last year's series included flicks such as Spanish auteur Pedro   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/26/DDGAKECNJ91.DTL" id="r-5_1100746450"&gt;Latino superstars bring 'Big Tour' to Peninsula&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  collaborations with Amaia (Montero) of La Oreja de Van Gogh (the Spanish rock band   Like his father, Fern ndez also has a second career in films and recently   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112508281008109815?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112508281008109815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112508281008109815' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508281008109815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112508281008109815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-dygra-films-selects_26.html' title='Italian films - Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507921058658837</id><published>2005-08-26T07:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T11:00:10.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Capsule movie reviews  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001020396" id="r-11_1100718747"&gt;Portman, Bardem star in Forman's Goya biopic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2353" id="r-12_0"&gt;TV News: HBO LATINO OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS DURING HISPANIC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iFMagazine -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of MARIA FULL OF GRACE, HBO Films' riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman's journey   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-5_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-19_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-17_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/features/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19849_4030316,00.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Auditions, Museums, Galleries North, August 26, 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  New Mexico" film festival: Local filmmakers invited to submit films to be   Governor's Gallery: "Indian and Spanish Market Award Winners Exhibition." Through Sept   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=54936&amp;amp;paper=62&amp;amp;cat=104" id="r-7_0"&gt;Worth Noting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Centre View, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  at the Fairfax County Government Center from 7:30-9:30 pm Spanish-speaking volunteers are   Films for preschoolers ages 2-5 with adult at 10:30 am at Centreville   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4032447,00.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;Changes in store for cable users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Albuquerque Tribune, NM -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  AZN (channel 108) A network geared to Asian American viewers, including Asian films, sports, news, anim?   HTV Musica (channel 616) A Spanish music video channel   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/26/sections/entertainment/et_movies/article_649036.php" id="r-10_0"&gt;Film guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In Spanish with English subtitles. (LA Daily News) 1 hour, 33 minutes.   "Pretty Persuasion" - Not rated - (Rancho Niguel 8) Reminiscent of films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=31437" id="r-8_0"&gt;Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portland Tribune, OR -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  s menu is a trendy mix of local ingredients, Asian inspiration and Spanish tapas   Regular films are $9.50, here, about the same as at the multiplex, but seats in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-4_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507921058658837?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507921058658837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507921058658837' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507921058658837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507921058658837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-capsule-movie-reviews_26.html' title='Spanish films - Capsule movie reviews  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507920757017413</id><published>2005-08-26T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T11:00:07.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507920757017413?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507920757017413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507920757017413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507920757017413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507920757017413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-local-and-foreign-films_26.html' title='Italian films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507560913715291</id><published>2005-08-26T06:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T10:00:09.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Film guide  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/26/sections/entertainment/et_movies/article_649036.php" id="r-11_0"&gt;Film guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In Spanish with English subtitles. (LA Daily News) 1 hour, 33 minutes.   "Pretty Persuasion" - Not rated - (Rancho Niguel 8) Reminiscent of films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/26/DDGAKECNJ91.DTL" id="r-6_1100746450"&gt;Latino superstars bring 'Big Tour' to Peninsula&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  collaborations with Amaia (Montero) of La Oreja de Van Gogh (the Spanish rock band   Like his father, Fern ndez also has a second career in films and recently   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-19_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-3_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-14_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-16_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2002452141_screeningroom26.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;What other critics are saying&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But his other films had the benefit of a singular vision.   this is the first time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-5_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/12480626.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Leguizamo does dramatic turn as TV reporter in 'Cronicas'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Philadelphia Daily News, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language he   They've made careers out of films that feature fleshed-out characters in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507560913715291?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507560913715291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507560913715291' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507560913715291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507560913715291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-film-guide.html' title='Foreign films - Film guide  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507560792664095</id><published>2005-08-26T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T10:00:07.970-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Master calendar  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12483259.htm" id="r-8_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507560792664095?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507560792664095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507560792664095' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507560792664095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507560792664095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-master-calendar_26.html' title='Foreign films - Master calendar  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507200841425692</id><published>2005-08-26T05:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T09:00:08.463-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Polanski film to open festival  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-1_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-17_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that he's superstitious, but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so much Lebanese cinema, this film will be French-produced   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/wkp-news-arthouse26.html" id="r-5_0"&gt;Art house films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Sun-Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  shows. Isild Le Besco is making a name for herself in French cinema, even if her character is nameless in Benoit Jacquot's new film.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/movies/12477746.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Family Filmgoer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;philly.com, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and vivid characters are aimed at the kids; the spoofs of 1940s films aim to   then gets sent with his unit to deliver a message to the French Resistance; they   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-16_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nynewsday.com/entertainment/movies/nyc-summovies0828,0,530422.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-movies" id="r-9_0"&gt;Enter a Category&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Newsday, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  distributor, paid only $1 million for the right to release the French-produced film   but doing impressive business, and you have a hot summer for reality films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-10_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-7_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/08.24.05/filmmakers-0534.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;North Bay filmmakers forge a new cinematic scene&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  And the films are good   By then, the film--about a French scientist who invents a serum that will turn unhappy Parisians into happy, humping, scampering, sniffing   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-8_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the-mill war flick -- maybe a little more violent than most war films of the   French biologist-turned-filmmaker Luc Jacquet lived in Antarctica for 14 months in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/aug05/350958.asp" id="r-12_0"&gt;Filmgoers were fewer, but big hits were still big&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Although the last is a French nature documentary, it belongs on that list, since it was one of the most talked-about films of the summer.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/arts/arts0826.txt" id="r-18_0"&gt;Portrait of the artist with a small bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cleveland Jewish News, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a little "out there," and Varda, who narrates the film throughout in French-accented English   "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc." screens with two other short films as.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/entertainment/movies/12469328.htm" id="r-11_0"&gt;'Brothers' grim, watching grimmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Kentucky.com, KY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A French official who seems to play a minor role at the outset becomes a major   this is hardly Gilliam's best, and it's good to see he has other films on the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/August/26/style/stories/01style.htm" id="r-3_1100613637"&gt;Slimm  Grimm:  Terry Gilliam s goofy fairy-tale adventure is  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  screenwriter Ehren Kruger (who penned "The Skeleton Key," both "Ring" films and "Scream 3   into the mix are Jonathan Pryce as a villainous French general, Peter   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507200841425692?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507200841425692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507200841425692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507200841425692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507200841425692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-polanski-film-to-open.html' title='Foreign films - Polanski film to open festival  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112507200612574279</id><published>2005-08-26T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T09:00:06.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-17_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/years-of-subsidy-and-film-is-still-reeling/2005/08/26/1124563025450.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Years of subsidy and film is still reeling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  trackies and an aesthetic slouch into the armchair. I knew, after years away watching good foreign films, that I had come home.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-16_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-5_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050826/hsasp1.html?.v=101" id="r-20_1100724934"&gt;Business in Asia -- August 26, 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Yahoo News (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Co-operative yesterday, opening the door to accepting a foreign capital injection   Entertainment (LG) to co-produce and co-finance three animated feature films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-2_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-15_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112507200612574279?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112507200612574279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112507200612574279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507200612574279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112507200612574279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-lottery-tickets.html' title='Italian films - Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506840662608230</id><published>2005-08-26T04:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T08:00:06.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-2_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-5_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-18_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-19_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-8_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506840662608230?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506840662608230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506840662608230' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506840662608230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506840662608230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-movie-guide-and-film_26.html' title='Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506840385230063</id><published>2005-08-26T04:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T08:00:03.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Preview: Celebration Of Italian Film, Everyman Cinema, London NW3  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article308302.ece" id="r-0_0"&gt;Preview: Celebration Of Italian Film, Everyman Cinema, London NW3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Independent, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "I always go to Italian films to be   Last, he chooses Rocco and his Brothers (1960). "It is one of the great films of the Italian neo-realist cinema," he says.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-18_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=31437" id="r-13_0"&gt;Never mind the plexes, venue pours on luxe life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portland Tribune, OR -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;27 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian contraption is as modernistic as its name.   Regular films are $9.50, here, about the same as at the multiplex, but seats in the living rooms are   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&amp;amp;ID=9971" id="r-1_0"&gt;HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation s capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-10_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-3_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/apmovies_story.asp?category=1402&amp;amp;slug=Film%20Review%20Brothers%20Grimm" id="r-6_1100613637"&gt;Review: 'Brothers Grimm' is inconsistent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Post Intelligencer -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  As an Italian henchman assigned to follow and torment the brothers, Peter Stormare is even more over the top   "The Brothers Grimm," a Dimension Films and MGM   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050826/1012359.asp" id="r-19_1100670611"&gt;The magic of invention&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Buffalo News,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Moog, in a 2000 interview conducted by members of the Italian synth-lounge band the   this is the same Dick Hyman who went on to score several films for Woody   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-7_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506840385230063?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506840385230063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506840385230063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506840385230063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506840385230063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-preview-celebration-of.html' title='French films - Preview: Celebration Of Italian Film, Everyman Cinema, London NW3  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506480584916504</id><published>2005-08-26T03:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T07:00:06.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Family Filmgoer  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/movies/12477746.htm" id="r-18_0"&gt;Family Filmgoer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;philly.com, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and vivid characters are aimed at the kids; the spoofs of 1940s films aim to   then gets sent with his unit to deliver a message to the French Resistance; they   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/wkp-news-arthouse26.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Art house films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Sun-Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  shows. Isild Le Besco is making a name for herself in French cinema, even if her character is nameless in Benoit Jacquot's new film.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-3_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/apmovies_story.asp?category=1402&amp;amp;slug=Film%20Review%20Brothers%20Grimm" id="r-1_1100613637"&gt;Review: 'Brothers Grimm' is inconsistent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Seattle Post Intelligencer -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Gilliam squanders stage veteran Jonathan Pryce in the role of General Delatombe, the French governor who has   "The Brothers Grimm," a Dimension Films and MGM   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-2_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-11_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506480584916504?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506480584916504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506480584916504' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506480584916504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506480584916504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-family-filmgoer.html' title='French films - Family Filmgoer  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506480447010688</id><published>2005-08-26T03:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T07:00:04.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Go French this week  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-16_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506480447010688?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506480447010688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506480447010688' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506480447010688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506480447010688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-go-french-this-week_26.html' title='French films - Go French this week  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506120793301741</id><published>2005-08-26T02:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T06:00:07.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Art house films  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/wkp-news-arthouse26.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Art house films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Sun-Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  shows. Isild Le Besco is making a name for herself in French cinema, even if her character is nameless in Benoit Jacquot's new film.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-17_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/aug05/350958.asp" id="r-11_0"&gt;Filmgoers were fewer, but big hits were still big&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Although the last is a French nature documentary, it belongs on that list, since it was one of the most talked-about films of the summer.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/08/26/100ae_ontv001.cfm" id="r-5_1100744650"&gt;Classics abound in films on television this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Everett Herald, WA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  this second-tier Mel Brooks comedy does have its share of winners, as it cruises through historical epochs - with Brooks himself as a self-satisfied French king   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-16_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that he's superstitious, but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so much Lebanese cinema, this film will be French-produced   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/August/26/style/stories/01style.htm" id="r-2_1100613637"&gt;Slimm  Grimm:  Terry Gilliam s goofy fairy-tale adventure is  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  screenwriter Ehren Kruger (who penned "The Skeleton Key," both "Ring" films and "Scream 3   into the mix are Jonathan Pryce as a villainous French general, Peter   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/entertainment/movies/12469328.htm" id="r-12_0"&gt;'Brothers' grim, watching grimmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Kentucky.com, KY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A French official who seems to play a minor role at the outset becomes a major   this is hardly Gilliam's best, and it's good to see he has other films on the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/08/26/100ae_kings001.cfm" id="r-4_1100742792"&gt;'Kings and Queen' is a sight to behold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Everett Herald, WA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Robert Horton. A brilliant new French film, "Kings and Queen," invites discussion and debate.   (My Sex Life)" was one of the best European films of the 1990s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tdn.com/articles/2005/08/26/this_day/news03.txt" id="r-14_1100742838"&gt;'Penguins' gives voice to a filmmaker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Longview Daily News, WA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/go?path=/movies/news/story&amp;amp;general_id=26617" id="r-8_1100730592"&gt;Two More Actors Join Crowe's 'Year'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Zap2it.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Cotillard was one of the stars of the wildly popular French "Taxi" franchise   a British television and stage veteran, has appeared in films including "Gosford   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/arts/arts0826.txt" id="r-18_0"&gt;Portrait of the artist with a small bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cleveland Jewish News, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a little "out there," and Varda, who narrates the film throughout in French-accented English   "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc." screens with two other short films as.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-3_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-10_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/movies/12477746.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Family Filmgoer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;philly.com, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and vivid characters are aimed at the kids; the spoofs of 1940s films aim to   then gets sent with his unit to deliver a message to the French Resistance; they   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/12484028.htm" id="r-13_0"&gt;Review: 'Brothers Grimm' is inconsistent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Miami Herald, FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Gilliam squanders stage veteran Jonathan Pryce in the role of General Delatombe, the French governor who has   "The Brothers Grimm," a Dimension Films and MGM   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/peepfri.php" id="r-15_0"&gt;People: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Justin Timberlake, Diana, Princess  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  belief that his son and the princess were murdered, despite a French inquiry that   Garner, on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and in independent films and music   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506120793301741?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506120793301741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506120793301741' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506120793301741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506120793301741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-art-house-films_26.html' title='Italian films - Art house films  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112506120603961821</id><published>2005-08-26T02:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T06:00:06.086-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Art house films  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/wkp-news-arthouse26.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Art house films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Sun-Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  shows. Isild Le Besco is making a name for herself in French cinema, even if her character is nameless in Benoit Jacquot's new film.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/peepfri.php" id="r-15_0"&gt;People: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Justin Timberlake, Diana, Princess  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  belief that his son and the princess were murdered, despite a French inquiry that   Garner, on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and in independent films and music   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/movies/12477746.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Family Filmgoer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;philly.com, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and vivid characters are aimed at the kids; the spoofs of 1940s films aim to   then gets sent with his unit to deliver a message to the French Resistance; they   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112506120603961821?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112506120603961821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112506120603961821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506120603961821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112506120603961821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-art-house-films_26.html' title='Foreign films - Art house films  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505760931071171</id><published>2005-08-26T01:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T05:00:09.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Film guide  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/26/sections/entertainment/et_movies/article_649036.php" id="r-9_0"&gt;Film guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In Spanish with English subtitles. (LA Daily News) 1 hour, 33 minutes.   "Pretty Persuasion" - Not rated - (Rancho Niguel 8) Reminiscent of films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/12480626.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Leguizamo does dramatic turn as TV reporter in 'Cronicas'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Philadelphia Daily News, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  time the Colombian-born, New York-bred Leguizamo has acted in Spanish, a language he   They've made careers out of films that feature fleshed-out characters in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-3_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-1_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Spanish novelist, playwright and filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's follow up to the outrageous   The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  because there really aren't any places for the community to see foreign films around here.". Last year's series included flicks such as Spanish auteur Pedro   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-4_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/08.24.05/movies-0534.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Fall 2005 Arts Guide:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Imagine Allen producing great films in late age, like Bu uel or De Oliveira, but   Hugh Jackman in the past, present and future: as a Spanish conquistador, a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-17_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Entertainment/Arts/03SceneMUSEUM082605.htm" id="r-18_0"&gt;Museums and galleries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Permanent exhibits: Racing Zone Exhibit, Timucuan Indians, Spanish and British Occupations   Films shown in Root Hall Auditorium; free with museum admission.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600158734,00.html" id="r-19_0"&gt;Mountain Meadows movie being filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Deseret News, UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  he drew the details from a spate of recent books and films about the event   11, 1857, involved Arkansas emigrants following the Old Spanish Trail when they were   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-6_0"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/08.24.05/listings-0534.html" id="r-14_1100746058"&gt;Save the Date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;North Bay Bohemian, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  1 Spanish dancer and choreographer brings his troupe of 20 to the   This prestigious festival showcases independent films and bigger features destined for the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-10_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&amp;amp;storyID=2005-08-24T191240Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-213790-1.xml" id="r-12_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505760931071171?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505760931071171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505760931071171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505760931071171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505760931071171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-film-guide.html' title='Italian films - Film guide  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505760753246020</id><published>2005-08-26T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T05:00:07.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - `Witness' an unexpected Weir winner  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508260218aug26,0,5152805.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-13_1100746029"&gt;`Witness' an unexpected Weir winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  to me a better landing spot for me, as an English-speaking foreign director.   concede that the curious alienation coursing through so many of his films may stem   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-7_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-14_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-16_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2005/0508048.html" id="r-20_0"&gt;Cairo Television Executive Reports on Egypt s HIV/AIDS  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SABC Television in Johannesburg, South Africa, expressed interest in sharing films his country   America s foreign policy is out of date and should be updated   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "We used to show foreign films sporadically, maybe once a   "We get a very different reaction to foreign films than we do from, say, a speaker or a comedian.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-15_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050826/41232600.html" id="r-12_1100746807"&gt;Cinema industry dumbing down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;RIA Novosti, Russia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  advocating that a certain percentage of the revenues from foreign blockbusters be   opinion cannot be ignored, as the overwhelming majority of films screened in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-3_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-2_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/ENTERTAINMENT03/508260324/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-5_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2005/08/10/lifestyles/life03.txt" id="r-19_0"&gt;Foreign film nights slated at library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Brewton Standard,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 10, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But as summer's Hollywood blockbusters storm into theatres with superheroes and remakes, it's easy to overlook the more quiet foreign films.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505760753246020?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505760753246020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505760753246020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505760753246020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505760753246020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-witness-unexpected-weir.html' title='Italian films - `Witness&amp;#39; an unexpected Weir winner  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505400712043001</id><published>2005-08-26T00:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T04:00:07.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-10_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-3_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-7_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-6_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508260218aug26,0,5152805.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-5_0"&gt;`Witness' an unexpected Weir winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;28 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  it if, instead of the Amish community, it had been the Italian community in   concede that the curious alienation coursing through so many of his films may stem   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.domain-b.com/marketing/general/2005/20050825_marketing_review.html" id="r-11_1100745978"&gt;Marketing review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;domain-B, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;41 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a minimum of Rs2.5 lakh, the average price of Fendi, an Italian designer watch   rights of the entire library of film producer Boney Kapoor's films including the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/levy082505.html" id="r-17_1100724731"&gt;Luxury Multiplex Pampers Eye, Ear and Taste Buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Newhouse News Service (NNS) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000999812" id="r-19_0"&gt;Nine US world premieres set for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There are three Italian films in competition -- Pupi Avati's "La Seconda Notte di Nozze," Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" and Roberto Faenza's "I   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-13_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505400712043001?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505400712043001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505400712043001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505400712043001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505400712043001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-montreal-celebrates_26.html' title='Italian films - Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505400548124010</id><published>2005-08-26T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T04:00:05.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - `Witness' an unexpected Weir winner  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508260218aug26,0,5152805.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-5_0"&gt;`Witness' an unexpected Weir winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;28 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  it if, instead of the Amish community, it had been the Italian community in   concede that the curious alienation coursing through so many of his films may stem   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-13_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000999812" id="r-19_0"&gt;Nine US world premieres set for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There are three Italian films in competition -- Pupi Avati's "La Seconda Notte di Nozze," Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" and Roberto Faenza's "I   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-9_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-14_1100743613"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/levy082505.html" id="r-17_1100724731"&gt;Luxury Multiplex Pampers Eye, Ear and Taste Buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Newhouse News Service (NNS) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.domain-b.com/marketing/general/2005/20050825_marketing_review.html" id="r-11_1100745978"&gt;Marketing review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;domain-B, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;41 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a minimum of Rs2.5 lakh, the average price of Fendi, an Italian designer watch   rights of the entire library of film producer Boney Kapoor's films including the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-6_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-4_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-7_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article308302.ece" id="r-0_0"&gt;Preview: Celebration Of Italian Film, Everyman Cinema, London NW3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Independent, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;39 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "I always go to Italian films to be   Last, he chooses Rocco and his Brothers (1960). "It is one of the great films of the Italian neo-realist cinema," he says.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-10_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505400548124010?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505400548124010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505400548124010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505400548124010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505400548124010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-witness-unexpected-weir.html' title='Foreign films - `Witness&amp;#39; an unexpected Weir winner  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505041138410849</id><published>2005-08-25T23:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T03:00:11.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - In the Future with Cheech Marin  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-9_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505041138410849?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505041138410849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505041138410849' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505041138410849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505041138410849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-in-future-with-cheech.html' title='Italian films - In the Future with Cheech Marin  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112505040980753043</id><published>2005-08-25T23:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T03:00:09.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - EDUCATION: Hearing Aid  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-7_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-5_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-4_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/levy082505.html" id="r-19_1100724731"&gt;Luxury Multiplex Pampers Eye, Ear and Taste Buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Newhouse News Service (NNS) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-3_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-1_0"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-10_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-2_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/617297.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;War games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the series of "Godfather" films into a best-selling computer game. Since taking the oath, Burak has been deeply involved in the intrigues of the Italian Mafia.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112505040980753043?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112505040980753043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112505040980753043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505040980753043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112505040980753043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-education-hearing-aid.html' title='French films - EDUCATION: Hearing Aid  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112504681471313038</id><published>2005-08-25T22:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T02:00:14.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-12_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-14_1100743613"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-6_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-9_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/08/26/2003269276" id="r-11_1100740251"&gt;Reel News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Taipei Times, Taiwan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Japan has lately seen the release of a string of war films that some analysts   The television film, a combined US-Italian-Polish production, is part of a series   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/617297.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;War games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the series of "Godfather" films into a best-selling computer game. Since taking the oath, Burak has been deeply involved in the intrigues of the Italian Mafia.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-10_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=46746" id="r-5_1100613637"&gt;'Brothers Grimm' is more tangled than Teutonic Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;East Valley Tribune, AZ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a price: His films, produced independently, are often sustained by crude investment coalitions that are as fractious and collapse-prone as an Italian democracy   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-2_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moviecitynews.com/reviews/DVD/2005/050824.html" id="r-19_1100695439"&gt;Layer Cake | Gladiator | Life as We Know It | Mike Hammer: Private  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Movie City News, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  out DVDs of Trauma and The Card Player, from the legendary Italian horror-meister   little more than genre schlock, there's obviously a mind at work in his films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-4_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-8_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-16_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/entertainment/12474560.htm" id="r-18_1100742519"&gt;In Gilliam's 'Grimm,' it's once upon a very strange time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tallahassee.com, FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Gilliam, the star-crossed director of films ranging from the charming "Time   Pryce, star of Gilliam's "Brazil") and his comic opera Italian henchman (Peter   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-7_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-1_0"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-15_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112504681471313038?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112504681471313038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112504681471313038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504681471313038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504681471313038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-man-who-cooked-up.html' title='Foreign films - The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112504681236463369</id><published>2005-08-25T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T02:00:12.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Not Showing at a Theater Near You  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-3_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-14_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "We used to show foreign films sporadically, maybe once a   "We get a very different reaction to foreign films than we do from, say, a speaker or a comedian.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=88681" id="r-19_1100728660"&gt;Filmmakers set to revive industry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;GhanaWeb, Ghana -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mr Akuffo noted that the film industry could become a non-traditional export and earn substantial foreign exchange. He explained that the films could be sold   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112504681236463369?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112504681236463369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112504681236463369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504681236463369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504681236463369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-not-showing-at-theater.html' title='Spanish films - Not Showing at a Theater Near You  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112504322273424649</id><published>2005-08-25T21:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T01:00:22.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;36 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "We used to show foreign films sporadically, maybe once a   "We get a very different reaction to foreign films than we do from, say, a speaker or a comedian.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-3_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2005/0508048.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Cairo Television Executive Reports on Egypt s HIV/AIDS  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SABC Television in Johannesburg, South Africa, expressed interest in sharing films his country   America s foreign policy is out of date and should be updated   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-15_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2005/08/10/lifestyles/life03.txt" id="r-20_0"&gt;Foreign film nights slated at library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Brewton Standard,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 10, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But as summer's Hollywood blockbusters storm into theatres with superheroes and remakes, it's easy to overlook the more quiet foreign films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-17_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-5_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-13_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112504322273424649?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112504322273424649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112504322273424649' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504322273424649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504322273424649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-intermittent-issues_25.html' title='French films - Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112504322100351485</id><published>2005-08-25T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T01:00:21.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Dinner and movies  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/entertainment/12480899.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Dinner and movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;36 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "We used to show foreign films sporadically, maybe once a   "We get a very different reaction to foreign films than we do from, say, a speaker or a comedian.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-5_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=88681" id="r-18_1100728660"&gt;Filmmakers set to revive industry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;GhanaWeb, Ghana -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mr Akuffo noted that the film industry could become a non-traditional export and earn substantial foreign exchange. He explained that the films could be sold   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brewtonstandard.com/articles/2005/08/10/lifestyles/life03.txt" id="r-20_0"&gt;Foreign film nights slated at library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Brewton Standard,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 10, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But as summer's Hollywood blockbusters storm into theatres with superheroes and remakes, it's easy to overlook the more quiet foreign films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-3_0"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-11_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-15_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-19_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2005/0508048.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Cairo Television Executive Reports on Egypt s HIV/AIDS  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SABC Television in Johannesburg, South Africa, expressed interest in sharing films his country   America s foreign policy is out of date and should be updated   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-17_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112504322100351485?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112504322100351485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112504322100351485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504322100351485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112504322100351485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-dinner-and-movies.html' title='French films - Dinner and movies  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503960929369889</id><published>2005-08-25T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T00:00:09.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-0_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://press.namct.com/content/view/2804/9/" id="r-4_1100675573"&gt;The Sixth Annual New York International Latino Film Festival Heats  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Age Media Concepts (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Family Weekend, children and their parents enjoyed family-friendly films, including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  in both English and Spanish, and took   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-8_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-22-2005/0004092113&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-19_0"&gt;Televisa Home Entertainment Is Declared US Leader in Spanish  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  For over three generations, "El Chavo del 8" has charmed Spanish-speaking audiences   and social commentary is reminiscent of the classic "Little Rascals" films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-1_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050824/NEWS02/508240323/1018" id="r-9_0"&gt;Bollywood films fly off local shelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Journal News.com, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nonetheless Indian films' global reach is obvious in the language options for   the DVD contains subtitles in 10 languages, including English, Spanish and Arabic   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-16_1100713769"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or Spanish.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503960929369889?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503960929369889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503960929369889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503960929369889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503960929369889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-montreal-celebrates.html' title='Italian films - Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503960699415966</id><published>2005-08-25T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T00:00:07.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Reel News  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/08/26/2003269276" id="r-11_1100740251"&gt;Reel News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Taipei Times, Taiwan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Japan has lately seen the release of a string of war films that some analysts   The television film, a combined US-Italian-Polish production, is part of a series   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-7_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-10_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-4_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-5_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-9_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-17_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-8_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503960699415966?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503960699415966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503960699415966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503960699415966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503960699415966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-reel-news.html' title='Spanish films - Reel News  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503601336901047</id><published>2005-08-25T19:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T23:00:13.423-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or Spanish.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-3_1100738550"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://press.namct.com/content/view/2804/9/" id="r-4_1100675573"&gt;The Sixth Annual New York International Latino Film Festival Heats  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Age Media Concepts (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Family Weekend, children and their parents enjoyed family-friendly films, including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  in both English and Spanish, and took   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472282.htm" id="r-10_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-0_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2353" id="r-12_0"&gt;TV News: HBO LATINO OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS DURING HISPANIC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iFMagazine -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of MARIA FULL OF GRACE, HBO Films' riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman's journey   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles.   (Scott). * 'EL CRIMEN PERFECTO' (No rating, 105 minutes, in Spanish) In this   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005541.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  documentary and short film competitions, as well as retrospectives of Spanish director Juan   in New York, so do not count on seeing any of these films elsewhere   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-5_0"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=149197" id="r-17_1100704082"&gt;Dominion Prequel To The Exorcist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Channel 4 News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tod Browning made his 1931 Dracula, for example, a Spanish alternative was   filmmaker, former Scorsese collaborator, writer-director of such films as American   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-2_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050824/NEWS02/508240323/1018" id="r-9_0"&gt;Bollywood films fly off local shelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Journal News.com, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nonetheless Indian films' global reach is obvious in the language options for   the DVD contains subtitles in 10 languages, including English, Spanish and Arabic   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-25-2005/0004094170&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-6_1100727437"&gt;Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Film Festival Entering into its 8th season, the Festival presents films and videos of   emphasis on works by US Hispanic, Latin American and Spanish filmmakers.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-8_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-15_1100713769"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/movies/article/0,1426,MCA_15400_4029470,00.html" id="r-1_0"&gt;Movies opening today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;44 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  G, 101 min.) For years I've argued that so-called family films don't have   thriller set in the Louisiana bayou, where the trees hang heavy with Spanish moss and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=filmNews&amp;amp;storyID=2005-08-24T112237Z_01_DIT440878_RTRIDST_0_FILM-SPAIN-GOYA-DC.XML" id="r-7_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-13_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503601336901047?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503601336901047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503601336901047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503601336901047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503601336901047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-carrillo-ranch-saddles-up.html' title='French films - Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503601143898643</id><published>2005-08-25T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T23:00:11.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-19_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles   CHINESE SEAMSTRESS' (No rating, 111 minutes, in Mandarin and French) Dai Sijie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-7_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-10_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-3_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/peepfri.php" id="r-11_0"&gt;People: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Justin Timberlake, Diana, Princess  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  belief that his son and the princess were murdered, despite a French inquiry that   Garner, on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and in independent films and music   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://2theadvocate.com/movies/stories/mov_grimm1001.shtml" id="r-4_1100740643"&gt;Now Showing: United Artists Citiplace 11, The Rave Baton Rouge 16  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;2TheAdvocate, LA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The French are among the movie's villains, but even when they get their due   The Brothers Grimm is not among the better films from the feverishly imaginative   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/arts/arts0826.txt" id="r-16_0"&gt;Portrait of the artist with a small bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cleveland Jewish News, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a little "out there," and Varda, who narrates the film throughout in French-accented English   "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc." screens with two other short films as.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.communitypress.com/BethelOH/News.asp?pageType=StoryCurrent&amp;amp;StoryArchiveID=17085&amp;amp;StoryID=5226&amp;amp;Section=Life&amp;amp;OnlineSection=Life&amp;amp;SectionPubDate=Thursday,%20August%2025,%202005&amp;amp;RefDate=8/25/2005" id="r-13_1100693900"&gt;'Valiant' won't fly for younger audiences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bethel Journal,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of the suave flyers I've seen in so many older war films and, even   that carry messages back and forth between British troops and the French underground behind   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-14_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that he's superstitious, but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so much Lebanese cinema, this film will be French-produced   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/aug05/350958.asp" id="r-9_0"&gt;Filmgoers were fewer, but big hits were still big&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Although the last is a French nature documentary, it belongs on that list, since it was one of the most talked-about films of the summer.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503601143898643?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503601143898643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503601143898643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503601143898643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503601143898643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-movie-guide-_112503601143898643.html' title='Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503240975787729</id><published>2005-08-25T18:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T22:00:09.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-25-2005/0004094170&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-5_1100727437"&gt;Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Film Festival Entering into its 8th season, the Festival presents films and videos of   emphasis on works by US Hispanic, Latin American and Spanish filmmakers.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-22-2005/0004092113&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-17_0"&gt;Televisa Home Entertainment Is Declared US Leader in Spanish  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  For over three generations, "El Chavo del 8" has charmed Spanish-speaking audiences   and social commentary is reminiscent of the classic "Little Rascals" films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472282.htm" id="r-9_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-4_0"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles.   (Scott). * 'EL CRIMEN PERFECTO' (No rating, 105 minutes, in Spanish) In this   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927942?categoryid=13" id="r-18_0"&gt;San Sebastian firms Films in Progress line-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  winning film by a clutch of Spanish facilities houses which pay to take the film through to a 35mm in return for select European territories. Films in Progress   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-1_1100738550"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-0_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-7_1100738791"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503240975787729?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503240975787729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503240975787729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503240975787729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503240975787729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-entries-sought-for-7th.html' title='Spanish films - Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112503240795198383</id><published>2005-08-25T18:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T22:00:08.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-4_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  looked at my work and said it reminds of them of Italian comedy from the   Tamba's films are a pleasure to watch because - in their framing, pacing, dialogue and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13925739" id="r-19_1100683768"&gt;World 'tooning' in to Indian animation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sify, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "Now we are looking at four films because there is   Last year it signed a 14-million-dollar contract with Italian independent producer-distributor Mondo TV to co   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol309/issue5739/netwatch.shtml" id="r-7_0"&gt;EDUCATION: Hearing Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Science Magazine (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and intricate workings at this detailed primer from Italian researchers Renato   For example, you can screen eight prizewinning student films with scientific   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&amp;amp;ID=9971" id="r-0_0"&gt;HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation s capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-9_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=46746" id="r-6_1100613637"&gt;'Brothers Grimm' is more tangled than Teutonic Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;East Valley Tribune, AZ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a price: His films, produced independently, are often sustained by crude investment coalitions that are as fractious and collapse-prone as an Italian democracy   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-10_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-13_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-14_1100736696"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-2_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-16_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/08/26/2003269276" id="r-11_0"&gt;Reel News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Taipei Times, Taiwan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Japan has lately seen the release of a string of war films that some analysts   The television film, a combined US-Italian-Polish production, is part of a series   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-1_0"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-3_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-18_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sh_local_events/article/0,2071,NPDN_14975_4031286,00.html" id="r-5_1100740077"&gt;Calendar of events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Naples Daily News (subscription), FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;45 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  S. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Society. Donations at the door.   Southwest Florida Film Society presents screening of creative short films, 7 pm Sept.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  role of Pancho in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/617297.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;War games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the series of "Godfather" films into a best-selling computer game. Since taking the oath, Burak has been deeply involved in the intrigues of the Italian Mafia.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112503240795198383?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112503240795198383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112503240795198383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503240795198383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112503240795198383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-lottery-tickets.html' title='Foreign films - Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502880404016396</id><published>2005-08-25T17:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T21:00:04.080-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Go French this week  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/peepfri.php" id="r-10_0"&gt;People: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Justin Timberlake, Diana, Princess  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  belief that his son and the princess were murdered, despite a French inquiry that   Garner, on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and in independent films and music   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-8_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/arts/arts0826.txt" id="r-15_0"&gt;Portrait of the artist with a small bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cleveland Jewish News, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a little "out there," and Varda, who narrates the film throughout in French-accented English   "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc." screens with two other short films as.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-11_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050825idfa.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Longinotto and Ayisi's "Sisters In Law" To Open IDFA 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  as "a sober, meticulous portrait of a dying profession, which for Depardon represents the essence of French culture." Among his other films include "D lits   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502880404016396?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502880404016396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502880404016396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502880404016396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502880404016396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-go-french-this-week.html' title='Italian films - Go French this week  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502880240342862</id><published>2005-08-25T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T21:00:02.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Go French this week  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-3_1100738312"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/peepfri.php" id="r-10_0"&gt;People: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Justin Timberlake, Diana, Princess  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  belief that his son and the princess were murdered, despite a French inquiry that   Garner, on the TV show "Gilmore Girls" and in independent films and music   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/arts/arts0826.txt" id="r-15_0"&gt;Portrait of the artist with a small bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cleveland Jewish News, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a little "out there," and Varda, who narrates the film throughout in French-accented English   "Ydessa, the Bears, and Etc." screens with two other short films as.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-14_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that he's superstitious, but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so much Lebanese cinema, this film will be French-produced   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://2theadvocate.com/movies/stories/mov_grimm1001.shtml" id="r-4_1100739182"&gt;Now Showing: United Artists Citiplace 11, The Rave Baton Rouge 16  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;2TheAdvocate, LA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;56 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The French are among the movie's villains, but even when they get their due   The Brothers Grimm is not among the better films from the feverishly imaginative   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles   CHINESE SEAMSTRESS' (No rating, 111 minutes, in Mandarin and French) Dai Sijie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/25/opinion/fmreview26.php" id="r-2_1100613637"&gt;Into the woods, without the fairy-tale magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Almost invariably there comes the moment in his films when it feels as if you   are con men who, during the early 19th century, troll French-controlled Germanic   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502880240342862?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502880240342862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502880240342862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502880240342862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502880240342862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-go-french-this-week.html' title='Foreign films - Go French this week  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502520622497778</id><published>2005-08-25T16:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T20:00:06.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-14_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=46746" id="r-6_1100613637"&gt;'Brothers Grimm' is more tangled than Teutonic Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;East Valley Tribune, AZ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a price: His films, produced independently, are often sustained by crude investment coalitions that are as fractious and collapse-prone as an Italian democracy   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fcnp.com/525/newsnotes.htm" id="r-18_1100733182"&gt;Community News &amp;amp;amp; Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Falls Church News Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  style, and offering new interpretations on French and northern Italian cuisine.   of the profiled region s cuisine prior to the screenings of selected films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-13_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-9_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&amp;amp;ID=9971" id="r-0_0"&gt;HOT NEW ITALIAN STAR HIGHLIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  hold seminar sessions with students at leading universities in the nation s capital and meetings aimed at increasing the distribution of Italian films in the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-3_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502520622497778?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502520622497778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502520622497778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502520622497778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502520622497778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-luxury-multiplex-pampers.html' title='Foreign films - Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502520467684707</id><published>2005-08-25T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T20:00:04.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-13_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-9_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502520467684707?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502520467684707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502520467684707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502520467684707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502520467684707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-intermittent-issues.html' title='Italian films - Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502160930934547</id><published>2005-08-25T15:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T19:00:09.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - In the Future with Cheech Marin  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-13_1100699609"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005541.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  documentary and short film competitions, as well as retrospectives of Spanish director Juan   in New York, so do not count on seeing any of these films elsewhere   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=16874" id="r-0_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-2_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502160930934547?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502160930934547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502160930934547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502160930934547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502160930934547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-in-future-with-cheech_25.html' title='French films - In the Future with Cheech Marin  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112502160768150422</id><published>2005-08-25T15:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T19:00:07.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Not Showing at a Theater Near You  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112502160768150422?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112502160768150422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112502160768150422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502160768150422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112502160768150422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-not-showing-at-theater.html' title='Italian films - Not Showing at a Theater Near You  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501800440644231</id><published>2005-08-25T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T18:00:04.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - An own goal  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-2_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927942?categoryid=13" id="r-19_0"&gt;San Sebastian firms Films in Progress line-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  winning film by a clutch of Spanish facilities houses which pay to take the film through to a 35mm in return for select European territories. Films in Progress   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://press.namct.com/content/view/2804/9/" id="r-4_1100675573"&gt;The Sixth Annual New York International Latino Film Festival Heats  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Age Media Concepts (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Family Weekend, children and their parents enjoyed family-friendly films, including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  in both English and Spanish, and took   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-25-2005/0004094170&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-5_1100727437"&gt;Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Film Festival Entering into its 8th season, the Festival presents films and videos of   emphasis on works by US Hispanic, Latin American and Spanish filmmakers.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=16874" id="r-1_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-6_1100613637"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles.   (Scott). * 'EL CRIMEN PERFECTO' (No rating, 105 minutes, in Spanish) In this   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=149197" id="r-17_1100704082"&gt;Dominion Prequel To The Exorcist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Channel 4 News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tod Browning made his 1931 Dracula, for example, a Spanish alternative was   filmmaker, former Scorsese collaborator, writer-director of such films as American   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-13_1100699609"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501800440644231?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501800440644231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501800440644231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501800440644231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501800440644231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-own-goal_112501800440644231.html' title='Spanish films - An own goal  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501800276647118</id><published>2005-08-25T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T18:00:02.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-11_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-13_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-14_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-8_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-9_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000999812" id="r-19_0"&gt;Nine US world premieres set for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There are three Italian films in competition -- Pupi Avati's "La Seconda Notte di Nozze," Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" and Roberto Faenza's "I   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  role of Pancho in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501800276647118?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501800276647118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501800276647118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501800276647118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501800276647118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-they-came-they-shopped.html' title='Spanish films - They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501440698904658</id><published>2005-08-25T13:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T17:00:07.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/movies/26movi.html" id="r-7_0"&gt;Movie Guide and Film Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;40 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-3_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-11_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-18_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-20_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-19_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501440698904658?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501440698904658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501440698904658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501440698904658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501440698904658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-movie-guide-and-film_25.html' title='Italian films - Movie Guide and Film Series  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501440433832371</id><published>2005-08-25T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T17:00:04.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Short cut to  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-20_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501440433832371?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501440433832371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501440433832371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501440433832371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501440433832371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-short-cut-to.html' title='French films - Short cut to  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501080581015276</id><published>2005-08-25T12:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T16:00:05.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Have fun with French films  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501080581015276?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501080581015276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501080581015276' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501080581015276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501080581015276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-have-fun-wit_112501080581015276.html' title='Italian films - Have fun with French films  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112501080459316074</id><published>2005-08-25T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T16:00:04.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-19_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-18_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-13_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-7_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-11_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-20_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-17_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-9_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112501080459316074?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112501080459316074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112501080459316074' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501080459316074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112501080459316074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-prague-where-movie.html' title='Spanish films - Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500720752910541</id><published>2005-08-25T11:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T15:00:07.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Polanski film to open festival  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-17_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-8_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-7_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-3_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-20_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-18_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so many of his colleagues, Tamba feels that having to rely on foreign funding is   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-11_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-13_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500720752910541?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500720752910541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500720752910541' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500720752910541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500720752910541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-polanski-film-to-open.html' title='Spanish films - Polanski film to open festival  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500720469733396</id><published>2005-08-25T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T15:00:04.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Tintin s new voyage  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-15_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/08/24/eye.ent.gilliam/" id="r-2_1100702391"&gt;Animated visionary returns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Gilliam is a notorious perfectionist whose films have sometimes run over budget   There's also a demanding French officer (Jonathan Pryce) who arrests the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050825idfa.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Longinotto and Ayisi's "Sisters In Law" To Open IDFA 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  as "a sober, meticulous portrait of a dying profession, which for Depardon represents the essence of French culture." Among his other films include "D lits   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11284" id="r-9_1100714073"&gt;Blurring The Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Jewish Week,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  all over Europe like a hippie, then settled in Paris where I started to watch films. I was lucky to pass the entry exam of IDHEC, the French film school.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-69154sy0aug25,1,915303.story?coll=dp-features-thurslife" id="r-12_0"&gt;Penguins and the human heart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-thomson.php" id="r-16_0"&gt;Remembrance of Things Passed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  my early years in the dark, I had had to be taken out of other films in tears   But there was the incident where the French turn in spite on the English camp, and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-6_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1124677185858" id="r-8_0"&gt;Writer's folly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Jerusalem Post, Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the 20th century, French films dominated the art-house market, led by such directors as Jean Renoir and poet Jean Cocteau, and later by New Wave directors   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17953" id="r-13_0"&gt;Lottery tickets, nostalgia and the art of situation comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that he's superstitious, but says it'll work with many of the same elements as his short films.   Like so much Lebanese cinema, this film will be French-produced   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/go?path=/movies/news/story&amp;amp;general_id=26617" id="r-5_1100730592"&gt;Two More Actors Join Crowe's 'Year'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Zap2it.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Cotillard was one of the stars of the wildly popular French "Taxi" franchise   a British television and stage veteran, has appeared in films including "Gosford   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/263eaab4-1505-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html" id="r-3_1100716791"&gt;A plot well lost in fascinating weirdness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  I like to speculate that the two sons, one a guard on the French-Swiss border   How on earth did these films avoid being scrunched into a ball and aimed across a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/05/51/film-atkinson.php" id="r-19_1100613637"&gt;Grimm Reaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OC Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  over boiling something-or-other, Jonathan Pryce s grinning, foppish French general is   that trail up to it; Gilliam makes expensive studio films, which always   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500720469733396?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500720469733396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500720469733396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500720469733396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500720469733396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-tintin-s-new-voyage_25.html' title='Foreign films - Tintin s new voyage  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500360586076700</id><published>2005-08-25T10:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T14:00:05.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005541.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  documentary and short film competitions, as well as retrospectives of Spanish director Juan   in New York, so do not count on seeing any of these films elsewhere   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-14_1100713769"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472282.htm" id="r-9_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/24/features/peepthu.php" id="r-7_0"&gt;People: Anthony Hopkins, 50 Cent, Sean Penn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  scheduled for the festival, which typically features Oscar hopeful films to be   The Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe led the list of Latin Grammy nominees   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://presszoom.com/story_111623.html" id="r-11_1100671813"&gt;HBO Latino to Offer Unique, First-Run Entertainment Around  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PressZoom (press release), Netherlands -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of Maria Full of Grace, HBO Films  riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman s   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-3_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=149197" id="r-17_1100704082"&gt;Dominion Prequel To The Exorcist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Channel 4 News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tod Browning made his 1931 Dracula, for example, a Spanish alternative was   filmmaker, former Scorsese collaborator, writer-director of such films as American   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-13_1100699609"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/08/24/local/iq_3655900.txt" id="r-15_1100718159"&gt;Renovation theater: Industry family has big plans for former  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Journal Times Online, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There was a tremendous interest in silent films," he said   which operated until 1961, differentiated itself from other local theaters with its Spanish theme, "so   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=16874" id="r-1_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-2_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-6_0"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-25-2005/0004094170&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-5_1100727437"&gt;Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Film Festival Entering into its 8th season, the Festival presents films and videos of   emphasis on works by US Hispanic, Latin American and Spanish filmmakers.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-0_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500360586076700?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500360586076700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500360586076700' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500360586076700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500360586076700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-new-yorks-lacinemafe.html' title='Spanish films - New York&amp;#39;s LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500360424160038</id><published>2005-08-25T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T14:00:04.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-20_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500360424160038?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500360424160038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500360424160038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500360424160038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500360424160038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-indian-shares-end-losing.html' title='French films - Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500001108121891</id><published>2005-08-25T09:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T13:00:11.123-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-18_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-11_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-7_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-10_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-6_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-17_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500001108121891?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500001108121891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500001108121891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500001108121891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500001108121891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-local-and-foreign-films_25.html' title='Italian films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112500000927317042</id><published>2005-08-25T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T13:00:09.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Films announced for Venice fest  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5506" id="r-2_0"&gt;Italians shine at the Venice Film Festival Family dysfunction at  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the competition section of the festival there are no less than six Italian films, including several co-productions. Pupi Avati's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=46746" id="r-5_1100613637"&gt;'Brothers Grimm' is more tangled than Teutonic Woods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;East Valley Tribune, AZ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a price: His films, produced independently, are often sustained by crude investment coalitions that are as fractious and collapse-prone as an Italian democracy   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-1_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-08-24_1078108.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;New film fest for Rudolph Valentino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  both for art and tourism," explained the school's director, Italian actress Jenny   As well as clips from Valentino's epoch-making films, the museum shows scenes   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-11_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  role of Pancho in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-4_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-6_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Italian and Jewish communities of Montr al pay tribute to Giorgio Perlasca on August   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-3_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-7_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-13_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/617297.html" id="r-10_0"&gt;War games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the series of "Godfather" films into a best-selling computer game. Since taking the oath, Burak has been deeply involved in the intrigues of the Italian Mafia.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastbayri.com/story/352133710573106.php" id="r-18_0"&gt;Fall Chef Series to be filmed at Lees Market on Sept. 12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bristol Phoenix, RI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SouthCoast Cooks," which will be taped by Take One Films and aired on   for "Easy and Elegant Comfort Foods" scheduled include "Southern Italian Delights" with   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fcnp.com/525/newsnotes.htm" id="r-15_1100733182"&gt;Community News &amp;amp;amp; Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Falls Church News Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  style, and offering new interpretations on French and northern Italian cuisine.   of the profiled region s cuisine prior to the screenings of selected films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ucdadvocate.com/news/2005/08/24/LifeArts/The-Buff.Stops.Here-969587.shtml" id="r-19_1100732762"&gt;The Buff Stops Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Advocate (subscription), CO -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  features exclusive engagements, renowned independent and international films, filmmaker discussions   of Fine Cooking in Denver, the Italian Culinary Institute   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-8_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112500000927317042?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112500000927317042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112500000927317042' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500000927317042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112500000927317042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-films-announced-for_25.html' title='Spanish films - Films announced for Venice fest  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112499640661836553</id><published>2005-08-25T08:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T12:00:06.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/lede-sidebar.php" id="r-13_1100717132"&gt;A map to the most buried of cinematic treasures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Shooting Gallery Film Series, that theatrical distribution was no longer an economically viable option for most foreign and independent films, Larry Meistrich   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-7_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-16_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The films are produced by 14 Thai and foreign film-makers, including well-known young director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has won awards from film   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-3_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/12463866.htm" id="r-20_1100697668"&gt;For dynamic star of '2046,' it's never by the numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pioneer Press, MN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  know what anyone was saying on the set of one of his first big films, "City of   acclaimed actor/director, his "Kung Fu Hustle" is this year's biggest foreign hit   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-6_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-8_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-17_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-18_1100663807"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112499640661836553?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112499640661836553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112499640661836553' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499640661836553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499640661836553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-local-and-foreign-films_25.html' title='Foreign films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112499640488554798</id><published>2005-08-25T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T12:00:04.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - An own goal  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-4_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://press.namct.com/content/view/2804/9/" id="r-6_0"&gt;The Sixth Annual New York International Latino Film Festival Heats  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Age Media Concepts (press release) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Family Weekend, children and their parents enjoyed family-friendly films, including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  in both English and Spanish, and took   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019832" id="r-14_0"&gt;Latinos in Entertainment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Back Stage, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  major helped prepare del Toro for directing studio franchise films, including 2002's   is now in preproduction on Warners' small-budget, Spanish-language horror   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/08/24/local/iq_3655900.txt" id="r-17_1100718159"&gt;Renovation theater: Industry family has big plans for former  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Journal Times Online, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There was a tremendous interest in silent films," he said   which operated until 1961, differentiated itself from other local theaters with its Spanish theme, "so   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/transitional.asp?strURL=new.asp?article=2353" id="r-3_1100671813"&gt;TV News: HBO LATINO OFFERS DIVERSE PROGRAMS DURING HISPANIC  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iFMagazine -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Coming up in October is the premiere of MARIA FULL OF GRACE, HBO Films' riveting and first-ever Spanish-language drama about a young Colombian woman's journey   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9253" id="r-8_0"&gt;Knight at the Movies: The Brothers Grimm and Cronicas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Windy city Media Group, IL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  displays his serious side in ways that few of his big-budget films have   Siskel Film Center, which has been hosting a retrospective of the Spanish director  lex   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005541.html" id="r-18_0"&gt;New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  documentary and short film competitions, as well as retrospectives of Spanish director Juan   in New York, so do not count on seeing any of these films elsewhere   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=16874" id="r-1_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050824/NEWS02/508240323/1018" id="r-10_0"&gt;Bollywood films fly off local shelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Journal News.com, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nonetheless Indian films' global reach is obvious in the language options for   the DVD contains subtitles in 10 languages, including English, Spanish and Arabic   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=5511" id="r-2_0"&gt;Montreal celebrates Giorgio Perlasca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tandem, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  recalled Veronica Winkler, now living in Montr al, "when we were given Spanish passports   movie - co-produced by RAI Fiction, France 2 and Focus Films, made by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927991?categoryid=19" id="r-0_0"&gt;Spanish duo reach 'Goal!'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MADRID -- Spanish production companies Impala and Anola Films have boarded "Goal! 2," the second in Milkshake Films' soccer trilogy.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-5_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10939" id="r-15_1100699609"&gt;In the Future with Cheech Marin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Comingsoon.net -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  directing feature films with a project he pitched to Focus Features, tentatively titled Se or Dracula, which will be about the making of the Spanish version   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472282.htm" id="r-11_1100705016"&gt;Master calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-23-2005/0004092655&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-16_1100713769"&gt;Dygra Films Selects the Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced that Dygra Films, an acclaimed Spanish film production company, has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/24/features/peepthu.php" id="r-9_0"&gt;People: Anthony Hopkins, 50 Cent, Sean Penn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;International Herald Tribune, France -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  scheduled for the festival, which typically features Oscar hopeful films to be   The Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe led the list of Latin Grammy nominees   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=149197" id="r-19_1100704082"&gt;Dominion Prequel To The Exorcist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Channel 4 News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tod Browning made his 1931 Dracula, for example, a Spanish alternative was   filmmaker, former Scorsese collaborator, writer-director of such films as American   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/08-25-2005/0004094170&amp;amp;EDATE=" id="r-7_1100727437"&gt;Entries Sought for 7th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Newswire (press release), NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Film Festival Entering into its 8th season, the Festival presents films and videos of   emphasis on works by US Hispanic, Latin American and Spanish filmmakers.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or Spanish.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112499640488554798?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112499640488554798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112499640488554798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499640488554798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499640488554798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-own-goal_25.html' title='Spanish films - An own goal  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112499280834828351</id><published>2005-08-25T07:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T11:00:08.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Have fun with French films  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-thomson.php" id="r-13_0"&gt;Remembrance of Things Passed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  my early years in the dark, I had had to be taken out of other films in tears   But there was the incident where the French turn in spite on the English camp, and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1124677185858" id="r-10_0"&gt;Writer's folly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Jerusalem Post, Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the 20th century, French films dominated the art-house market, led by such directors as Jean Renoir and poet Jean Cocteau, and later by New Wave directors   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-6_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/go?path=/movies/news/story&amp;amp;general_id=26617" id="r-4_1100730592"&gt;Two More Actors Join Crowe's 'Year'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Zap2it.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Cotillard was one of the stars of the wildly popular French "Taxi" franchise   a British television and stage veteran, has appeared in films including "Gosford   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-69154sy0aug25,1,915303.story?coll=dp-features-thurslife" id="r-12_0"&gt;Penguins and the human heart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/263eaab4-1505-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html" id="r-2_1100716791"&gt;A plot well lost in fascinating weirdness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  I like to speculate that the two sons, one a guard on the French-Swiss border   How on earth did these films avoid being scrunched into a ball and aimed across a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-14_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-18_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Italian and I work with Italian directors and French directors, great French directors, very   to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-7_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112499280834828351?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112499280834828351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112499280834828351' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499280834828351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499280834828351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-have-fun-with-french_25.html' title='Italian films - Have fun with French films  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112499280551143654</id><published>2005-08-25T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T11:00:05.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Gilliam is back with two films  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/gossip/12447374.htm" id="r-17_1100718726"&gt;Gilliam is back with two films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;philly.com, PA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;BY STEVEN REA. "I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to make a movie again," says Terry Gilliam, the onetime Monty Pythonite   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-69154sy0aug25,1,915303.story?coll=dp-features-thurslife" id="r-12_0"&gt;Penguins and the human heart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-18_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Italian and I work with Italian directors and French directors, great French directors, very   to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050825idfa.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Longinotto and Ayisi's "Sisters In Law" To Open IDFA 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  as "a sober, meticulous portrait of a dying profession, which for Depardon represents the essence of French culture." Among his other films include "D lits   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=06189c3d-1f43-44b8-a236-4635e59ac183" id="r-8_0"&gt;Curtain rises on New Montreal FilmFest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Montreal Gazette, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  show films that have not already played the global circuit. They include Doris Dorrie's Der Fischer und seine Frau, from Germany; Cedric Kahn's French-German co   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1124677185858" id="r-10_0"&gt;Writer's folly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Jerusalem Post, Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the 20th century, French films dominated the art-house market, led by such directors as Jean Renoir and poet Jean Cocteau, and later by New Wave directors   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/263eaab4-1505-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html" id="r-2_1100716791"&gt;A plot well lost in fascinating weirdness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  I like to speculate that the two sons, one a guard on the French-Swiss border   How on earth did these films avoid being scrunched into a ball and aimed across a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-14_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11284" id="r-5_1100714073"&gt;Blurring The Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Jewish Week,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  all over Europe like a hippie, then settled in Paris where I started to watch films. I was lucky to pass the entry exam of IDHEC, the French film school.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-thomson.php" id="r-13_0"&gt;Remembrance of Things Passed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  my early years in the dark, I had had to be taken out of other films in tears   But there was the incident where the French turn in spite on the English camp, and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18438419.html" id="r-7_0"&gt;Polanski film to open festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Nation, Thailand, Thailand -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  and the French Embassy in Thailand.  Last but not least, this year s festival is very special because there will be a series of tsunami short films to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050825/MONTREAL25/TPEntertainment/Film" id="r-3_1100722085"&gt;overload in Montreal: 400 films 3 festivalsx8 weeks='too much  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Certainly, the summer jazz and French music festivals that Simard's  quipe Spectra stages, as well as the separately run Just for Laughs comedy powwow, remain   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-11_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film represented by the same now-defunct, then-elephantine French financing and   Miramax-specific) incident, but more often than not, meritorious films by world   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=348&amp;amp;NewsID=655602&amp;amp;CategoryID=7227&amp;amp;show=localnews&amp;amp;om=1" id="r-9_0"&gt;South Barber Graduate Films for History Channel and Starts First  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Alva Review Courier, OK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  said, "It's a little film festival he (Ebert) created to show films he thinks were   13 and many other big movies, Bernard Traviner, a major French film director   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112499280551143654?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112499280551143654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112499280551143654' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499280551143654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112499280551143654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-gilliam-is-back-with-two.html' title='Spanish films - Gilliam is back with two films  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112498920669307896</id><published>2005-08-25T06:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T10:00:06.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Tintin s new voyage  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-15_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050825idfa.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;Longinotto and Ayisi's "Sisters In Law" To Open IDFA 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  as "a sober, meticulous portrait of a dying profession, which for Depardon represents the essence of French culture." Among his other films include "D lits   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-08-24/film/film4.html" id="r-16_1100718726"&gt;Black Forest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Riverfront Times, MO -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  his first film in seven years, bad-mouthing Dimension Films boss Bob   One day, French governor Delatombe (Brazil's Jonathan Pryce, reminding Gilliam fans of lost   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypress.com/18/34/film/ArmondWhite.cfm" id="r-5_1100710751"&gt;Armond White:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Press, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  what even his straight French brothers are in thrall to. He revels in this culture as Damon Dash savors thuggery in State Property II. Both films portray male   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/263eaab4-1505-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html" id="r-2_1100716791"&gt;A plot well lost in fascinating weirdness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  I like to speculate that the two sons, one a guard on the French-Swiss border   How on earth did these films avoid being scrunched into a ball and aimed across a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-li.dvd25aug25,1,3763253.story?coll=bal-live-headlines" id="r-17_0"&gt;Rocking on 'The Dick Cavett Show'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltimore Sun, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  lot is 1975's Flic Story, based on the memoir of real-life French police detective   budget musical from 1957 is just one of the many youth films Hollywood made   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/go?path=/movies/news/story&amp;amp;general_id=26617" id="r-4_1100730592"&gt;Two More Actors Join Crowe's 'Year'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Zap2it.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Cotillard was one of the stars of the wildly popular French "Taxi" franchise   a British television and stage veteran, has appeared in films including "Gosford   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/2530" id="r-1_0"&gt;Famous French Yiddish actor dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;European Jewish Press, Belgium -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The veteran performer also played roles in a number of French films and according to colleagues he used to sing Yiddish songs at the end of rehearsals.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050825/MONTREAL25/TPEntertainment/Film" id="r-3_1100722085"&gt;overload in Montreal: 400 films 3 festivalsx8 weeks='too much  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Certainly, the summer jazz and French music festivals that Simard's  quipe Spectra stages, as well as the separately run Just for Laughs comedy powwow, remain   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11284" id="r-6_1100714073"&gt;Blurring The Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Jewish Week,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  all over Europe like a hippie, then settled in Paris where I started to watch films. I was lucky to pass the entry exam of IDHEC, the French film school.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1124677185858" id="r-10_0"&gt;Writer's folly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Jerusalem Post, Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the 20th century, French films dominated the art-house market, led by such directors as Jean Renoir and poet Jean Cocteau, and later by New Wave directors   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-69154sy0aug25,1,915303.story?coll=dp-features-thurslife" id="r-12_0"&gt;Penguins and the human heart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-7_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58290" id="r-19_0"&gt;Please support DVD Times by ordering through our partners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of 1968 - and this renders it one of Chabrol's most personal films.   The French mono soundtrack is, however, completely satisfactory and the subtitles are   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=06189c3d-1f43-44b8-a236-4635e59ac183" id="r-8_0"&gt;Curtain rises on New Montreal FilmFest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Montreal Gazette, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  show films that have not already played the global circuit. They include Doris Dorrie's Der Fischer und seine Frau, from Germany; Cedric Kahn's French-German co   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-18_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Italian and I work with Italian directors and French directors, great French directors, very   to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-thomson.php" id="r-13_0"&gt;Remembrance of Things Passed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  my early years in the dark, I had had to be taken out of other films in tears   But there was the incident where the French turn in spite on the English camp, and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-11_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film represented by the same now-defunct, then-elephantine French financing and   Miramax-specific) incident, but more often than not, meritorious films by world   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112498920669307896?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112498920669307896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112498920669307896' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498920669307896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498920669307896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-tintin-s-new-voyage.html' title='Spanish films - Tintin s new voyage  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112498920488910370</id><published>2005-08-25T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T10:00:05.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - An own goal  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-4_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/08/24/local/iq_3655900.txt" id="r-17_1100718159"&gt;Renovation theater: Industry family has big plans for former  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Journal Times Online, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There was a tremendous interest in silent films," he said   which operated until 1961, differentiated itself from other local theaters with its Spanish theme, "so   &lt;/font&gt; 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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-18_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-8_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-3_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-20_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&amp;amp;id=17121" id="r-17_0"&gt;Indian shares end losing streak on fund inflows:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NewKerala.com, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign institutional investors collectively put in a record $8.5 billion in the last   Rs.245 after the company announced a pact to produce animation films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-6_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/lede-sidebar.php" id="r-12_1100717132"&gt;A map to the most buried of cinematic treasures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Shooting Gallery Film Series, that theatrical distribution was no longer an economically viable option for most foreign and independent films, Larry Meistrich   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-2_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-7_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/12463866.htm" id="r-19_1100697668"&gt;For dynamic star of '2046,' it's never by the numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pioneer Press, MN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  know what anyone was saying on the set of one of his first big films, "City of   acclaimed actor/director, his "Kung Fu Hustle" is this year's biggest foreign hit   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-16_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112498561217167010?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112498561217167010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112498561217167010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498561217167010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498561217167010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-local-and-foreign-films_25.html' title='French films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112498560966848085</id><published>2005-08-25T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T09:00:09.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-16_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-4_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112498560966848085?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112498560966848085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112498560966848085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498560966848085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498560966848085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-senior-editor-jesse.html' title='Italian films - Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112498200810466033</id><published>2005-08-25T04:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T08:00:08.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Armond White:  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypress.com/18/34/film/ArmondWhite.cfm" id="r-3_1100710751"&gt;Armond White:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Press, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  what even his straight French brothers are in thrall to. He revels in this culture as Damon Dash savors thuggery in State Property II. Both films portray male   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2005-08-24/film/movies3.html" id="r-9_1100718726"&gt;Black Forest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;East Bay Express, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  his first film in seven years, bad-mouthing Dimension Films boss Bob   One day, French governor Delatombe (Brazil's Jonathan Pryce, reminding Gilliam fans of lost   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1124677185858" id="r-8_0"&gt;Writer's folly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Jerusalem Post, Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the 20th century, French films dominated the art-house market, led by such directors as Jean Renoir and poet Jean Cocteau, and later by New Wave directors   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-14_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-16_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Italian and I work with Italian directors and French directors, great French directors, very   to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11284" id="r-4_1100714073"&gt;Blurring The Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Jewish Week,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  all over Europe like a hippie, then settled in Paris where I started to watch films. I was lucky to pass the entry exam of IDHEC, the French film school.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-5_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050825/MONTREAL25/TPEntertainment/Film" id="r-2_1100722085"&gt;overload in Montreal: 400 films 3 festivalsx8 weeks='too much  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Certainly, the summer jazz and French music festivals that Simard's  quipe Spectra stages, as well as the separately run Just for Laughs comedy powwow, remain   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-thomson.php" id="r-12_0"&gt;Remembrance of Things Passed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  my early years in the dark, I had had to be taken out of other films in tears   But there was the incident where the French turn in spite on the English camp, and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-li.dvd25aug25,1,3763253.story?coll=bal-live-headlines" id="r-15_0"&gt;Rocking on 'The Dick Cavett Show'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltimore Sun, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  lot is 1975's Flic Story, based on the memoir of real-life French police detective   budget musical from 1957 is just one of the many youth films Hollywood made   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=348&amp;amp;NewsID=655602&amp;amp;CategoryID=7227&amp;amp;show=localnews&amp;amp;om=1" id="r-7_0"&gt;South Barber Graduate Films for History Channel and Starts First  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Alva Review Courier, OK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  said, "It's a little film festival he (Ebert) created to show films he thinks were   13 and many other big movies, Bernard Traviner, a major French film director   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=06189c3d-1f43-44b8-a236-4635e59ac183" id="r-6_0"&gt;Curtain rises on New Montreal FilmFest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Montreal Gazette, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  show films that have not already played the global circuit. They include Doris Dorrie's Der Fischer und seine Frau, from Germany; Cedric Kahn's French-German co   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050825idfa.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Longinotto and Ayisi's "Sisters In Law" To Open IDFA 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  as "a sober, meticulous portrait of a dying profession, which for Depardon represents the essence of French culture." Among his other films include "D lits   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58290" id="r-17_0"&gt;Please support DVD Times by ordering through our partners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of 1968 - and this renders it one of Chabrol's most personal films.   The French mono soundtrack is, however, completely satisfactory and the subtitles are   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/dp-69154sy0aug25,1,915303.story?coll=dp-features-thurslife" id="r-11_0"&gt;Penguins and the human heart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Press, VA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Feature Films, which had been tracking the film since the crews had gone to Antarctica. "I knew the film needed to be translated, but I think the French   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-10_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film represented by the same now-defunct, then-elephantine French financing and   Miramax-specific) incident, but more often than not, meritorious films by world   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newstodaynet.com/20aug/rf4.htm" id="r-19_0"&gt;Go French this week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Today, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;This panorama of French films is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of France, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise of Madras and Federation of film   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112498200810466033?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112498200810466033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112498200810466033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498200810466033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498200810466033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-armond-white.html' title='Italian films - Armond White:  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112498200624875378</id><published>2005-08-25T04:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T08:00:06.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Local TV drama tunes out  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/12463866.htm" id="r-18_1100697668"&gt;For dynamic star of '2046,' it's never by the numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pioneer Press, MN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  know what anyone was saying on the set of one of his first big films, "City of   acclaimed actor/director, his "Kung Fu Hustle" is this year's biggest foreign hit   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-1_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-6_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-8_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112498200624875378?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112498200624875378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112498200624875378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498200624875378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112498200624875378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-local-tv-drama-tunes-out.html' title='Foreign films - Local TV drama tunes out  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497841093155098</id><published>2005-08-25T03:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T07:00:10.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Armond White:  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypress.com/18/34/film/ArmondWhite.cfm" id="r-9_1100710751"&gt;Armond White:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Press, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Parts of Four Brothers were actually shot on the desolate streets of Detroit (as grim and barren as war-torn Rome in Italian Neorealist films; as fictitiously   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastbayri.com/story/352133710573106.php" id="r-16_0"&gt;Fall Chef Series to be filmed at Lees Market on Sept. 12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bristol Phoenix, RI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SouthCoast Cooks," which will be taped by Take One Films and aired on   for "Easy and Elegant Comfort Foods" scheduled include "Southern Italian Delights" with   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-11_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-08-24_1078108.html" id="r-19_0"&gt;New film fest for Rudolph Valentino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  both for art and tourism," explained the school's director, Italian actress Jenny   As well as clips from Valentino's epoch-making films, the museum shows scenes   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472359.htm" id="r-5_1100613637"&gt;Director Terry Gilliam's latest wastes a good cast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  As an Italian henchman assigned to follow and torment the brothers, Peter Stormare is even more over the top   "The Brothers Grimm," a Dimension Films and MGM   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-4_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife03_aug24_2005" id="r-14_1100672435"&gt;Cinemanila 2005 finally comes to Manila&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Manila Standard Today, Philippines -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Morricone, for a bit of a background, is an Italian music composer who has written beautiful melodies for films, most notably for The Mission, Cinema Paradiso   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497841093155098?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497841093155098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497841093155098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497841093155098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497841093155098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-armond-white_25.html' title='Foreign films - Armond White:  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497840822781159</id><published>2005-08-25T03:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T07:00:08.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050825-9999-m1m25tfcarls.html" id="r-12_0"&gt;Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Diego Union Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  role of Pancho in the 1950s television series "The Cisco Kid." He acted in more than 90 films, usually portraying minor characters who were Italian, Mexican or   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbsun.com/film/ci_2952484" id="r-3_0"&gt;The man who cooked up the spaghetti Western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Bernardino Sun, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  worshipped the cowboy story, you couldn't go wrong with Sergio Leone, the great Italian film director whose iconic and imaginative western films, including "A   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=8418" id="r-2_1100702216"&gt;INT: Monica Bellucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JoBlo.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  say that I'm very lucky, because I'm Italian and I work with Italian directors and   don't like to have one kind of movie, I've done great films like Irreversible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019382" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Venice Film Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  are not going to Venice en masse this year because it has just become a big launchpad for US titles, with a smattering of secondary Italian films for political   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58293" id="r-10_0"&gt;Stripes: Special Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film, the comedian having up to that point only shot films made in   languages covered, with the commentary also subtitled in English, Danish, Italian and Spanish   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypress.com/18/34/film/ArmondWhite.cfm" id="r-9_1100710751"&gt;Armond White:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Press, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Parts of Four Brothers were actually shot on the desolate streets of Detroit (as grim and barren as war-torn Rome in Italian Neorealist films; as fictitiously   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2005-08-24/film/opening.html" id="r-7_0"&gt;Film Openings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Riverfront Times, MO -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  to freedom deserves a place of honor among the great films portraying emigrant   Giordana's two-part, six-hour opus was commissioned by Italian television but   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltictimes.com/art.php?art_id=13309" id="r-1_0"&gt;Pearls aplenty in eagerly-awaited film festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltic Times, Latvia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This year, there will be a comprehensive offering of classic Italian films, with a particular focus on the neo-realism of the post-war years.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/entertainment/article/0,2403,BSUN_19066_4023562,00.html" id="r-18_1100722734"&gt;Monica Bellucci on 'Grimm,' 'Passion' and movies in general&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bremerton Sun,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  make incredible movies: big blockbusters like 'Matrix' and more intimate films like 'Magnolia   September) and in the buff for the cover of Italian Vanity Fair to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife03_aug24_2005" id="r-14_1100672435"&gt;Cinemanila 2005 finally comes to Manila&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Manila Standard Today, Philippines -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Morricone, for a bit of a background, is an Italian music composer who has written beautiful melodies for films, most notably for The Mission, Cinema Paradiso   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-08-24_1078108.html" id="r-19_0"&gt;New film fest for Rudolph Valentino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  both for art and tourism," explained the school's director, Italian actress Jenny   As well as clips from Valentino's epoch-making films, the museum shows scenes   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/12468540.htm" id="r-11_1100724731"&gt;Luxury multiplex pampers eye, ear, taste buds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  aficionado who speaks with equal zeal and knowledge about the films of Ingmar   Coltman has invested in an Italian Enomatic serving system that makes it possible   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&amp;amp;ID=238940&amp;amp;r=0" id="r-8_0"&gt;Italian Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canton Repository (subscription), OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In a career that included some 130 films, Delli Colli worked with top directors of the Italian cinema -- including not only Leone and Benigni but Pier Paolo   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0508240386aug25,0,6725672.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds" id="r-4_1100724733"&gt;`Elizabethtown' leads eclectic schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  All four of these films represent something of a thematic trend to festival   Italian director Lina Wertmuller's latest, which has the mouthful of a title "Too   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-07-28_881387.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Films announced for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ANSA, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Italian films in competition are: 'La seconda notte di nozze' by Pupi Avati; Cristina Comencini's 'La bestia nel cuore'; and 'I giorni dell'abbandono' by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12472359.htm" id="r-5_1100613637"&gt;Director Terry Gilliam's latest wastes a good cast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  As an Italian henchman assigned to follow and torment the brothers, Peter Stormare is even more over the top   "The Brothers Grimm," a Dimension Films and MGM   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eastbayri.com/story/352133710573106.php" id="r-16_0"&gt;Fall Chef Series to be filmed at Lees Market on Sept. 12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bristol Phoenix, RI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  SouthCoast Cooks," which will be taped by Take One Films and aired on   for "Easy and Elegant Comfort Foods" scheduled include "Southern Italian Delights" with   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-13_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000999812" id="r-17_0"&gt;Nine US world premieres set for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There are three Italian films in competition -- Pupi Avati's "La Seconda Notte di Nozze," Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" and Roberto Faenza's "I   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497840822781159?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497840822781159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497840822781159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497840822781159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497840822781159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-carrillo-ranch-saddles.html' title='Foreign films - Carrillo Ranch saddles up for starlight screenings  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497481610383520</id><published>2005-08-25T02:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T06:00:16.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Film industry slides  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-9_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-18_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/43349.asp" id="r-17_0"&gt;Short cut to Hollywood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;India Daily, NJ -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received ''foreign'' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-10_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-20_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-11_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-14_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-3_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497481610383520?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497481610383520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497481610383520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497481610383520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497481610383520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-film-industry-slides.html' title='French films - Film industry slides  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497481068661093</id><published>2005-08-25T02:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T06:00:10.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/fashion/thursdaystyles/25movie.html" id="r-6_0"&gt;They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New York Times, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  This Italian cafe is on Montana Avenue, a frilly shopping strip near the ocean   both sides in "Going Shopping." Working as he has in previous films, he began by   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2546&amp;amp;IssueNum=116" id="r-19_0"&gt;~ LATEST REVIEWS ~&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA City Beat, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  while embracing modernity is increasingly a dominant theme in films by Chinese   of a French general (Jonathan Pryce) and his absurd Italian enforcer (Peter   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497481068661093?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497481068661093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497481068661093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497481068661093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497481068661093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-they-came-they-shopped-he.html' title='French films - They Came, They Shopped, He Filmed  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497120892252876</id><published>2005-08-25T01:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T05:00:08.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Latinos in Entertainment  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001019832" id="r-16_0"&gt;Latinos in Entertainment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Back Stage, NY -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  major helped prepare del Toro for directing studio franchise films, including 2002's   is now in preproduction on Warners' small-budget, Spanish-language horror   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497120892252876?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497120892252876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497120892252876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497120892252876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497120892252876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-latinos-in-entertainment.html' title='French films - Latinos in Entertainment  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112497120767041324</id><published>2005-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T05:00:07.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-19_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-17_1100721877"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/12463866.htm" id="r-18_1100697668"&gt;For dynamic star of '2046,' it's never by the numbers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pioneer Press, MN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  know what anyone was saying on the set of one of his first big films, "City of   acclaimed actor/director, his "Kung Fu Hustle" is this year's biggest foreign hit   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-9_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-7_0"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-6_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-2_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/lede-sidebar.php" id="r-11_1100717132"&gt;A map to the most buried of cinematic treasures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Shooting Gallery Film Series, that theatrical distribution was no longer an economically viable option for most foreign and independent films, Larry Meistrich   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112497120767041324?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112497120767041324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112497120767041324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497120767041324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112497120767041324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-vincent-dieutre-and.html' title='Spanish films - Vincent Dieutre and &amp;#39;third cinema&amp;#39;  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496761114372157</id><published>2005-08-25T00:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T04:00:11.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign films - Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macvideopro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=21508" id="r-14_0"&gt;Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mac Video Pro, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  which produced trailers for Spider-Man, Bruce Almighty and The Italian Job, agrees   one of Hollywood  s trailer boutiques, has done trailers for films such as   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000999812" id="r-19_0"&gt;Nine US world premieres set for Venice fest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hollywood Reporter, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There are three Italian films in competition -- Pupi Avati's "La Seconda Notte di Nozze," Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia Nel Cuore" and Roberto Faenza's "I   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496761114372157?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496761114372157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496761114372157' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496761114372157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496761114372157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/foreign-films-senior-editor-jesse.html' title='Foreign films - Senior editor Jesse Kennedy of trailer-boutique Technical Knockout  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496760857950771</id><published>2005-08-25T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T04:00:08.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Local calendar  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/entertainment/12462078.htm" id="r-18_1100705016"&gt;Local calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Monterey County Herald, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Videos and films at the Carmel Foundation   Staples, Branford Marsalias Quartet, Lee Ritenour &amp;amp;amp; Friends, John Handy 40th Reunion Quintet, Spanish Harlem Orchestra   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-4_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=filmNews&amp;amp;storyID=2005-08-24T112237Z_01_DIT440878_RTRIDST_0_FILM-SPAIN-GOYA-DC.XML" id="r-2_1100718747"&gt;Forman to direct Goya film with Portman, Bardem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a subject of fascination. There have been several films about his life, including one by renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/Life/200508290022" id="r-3_0"&gt;An own goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Statesman, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;50 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A sequel set in the Spanish Liga will begin shooting in October, and the   All three flicks are being jointly produced by Jefferies's Milkshake Films and the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005541.html" id="r-9_0"&gt;New York's LaCinemaFe Brandishes Huge Slate of Spanish-Language  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Indie Wire -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  documentary and short film competitions, as well as retrospectives of Spanish director Juan   in New York, so do not count on seeing any of these films elsewhere   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117927942?categoryid=13" id="r-13_0"&gt;San Sebastian firms Films in Progress line-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Variety (subscription) -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  winning film by a clutch of Spanish facilities houses which pay to take the film through to a 35mm in return for select European territories. Films in Progress   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496760857950771?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496760857950771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496760857950771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496760857950771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496760857950771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-local-calendar.html' title='French films - Local calendar  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496401750518802</id><published>2005-08-24T23:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T03:00:17.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-17_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08242005/communit/59397.htm" id="r-12_0"&gt;Active Retirement Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portsmouth Herald News, NH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Fall offerings also include a writing group, play reading, a watercolor class focusing on landscapes, viewing four foreign films, a physical fitness program   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496401750518802?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496401750518802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496401750518802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496401750518802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496401750518802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-vincent-dieutre-and.html' title='French films - Vincent Dieutre and &amp;#39;third cinema&amp;#39;  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496401592261937</id><published>2005-08-24T23:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T03:00:15.970-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13924957" id="r-18_1100697890"&gt;Ramji Londonwaley: A Delicious Comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sify, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the film thankfully doesn't fall into the trap of condemning foreign culture or   Madhavan was a little over-the-top in his earlier Hindi films, he's completely   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/local-tv-drama-tunes-out/2005/08/24/1124562921628.html" id="r-5_0"&gt;Local TV drama tunes out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the 10-year average of 24. The figure does not include 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider or Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-3_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-8_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-17_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/lede-sidebar.php" id="r-11_1100717132"&gt;A map to the most buried of cinematic treasures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Shooting Gallery Film Series, that theatrical distribution was no longer an economically viable option for most foreign and independent films, Larry Meistrich   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-2_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496401592261937?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496401592261937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496401592261937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496401592261937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496401592261937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-local-and-foreign-films_24.html' title='French films - Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496041569011540</id><published>2005-08-24T22:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T02:00:15.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Capsule movie reviews  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/film-industry-slides-further-into-doldrums/2005/08/24/1124562902188.html" id="r-8_1100697657"&gt;Film industry slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Nineteen feature films were made in 2004/05, not including 12 co-produced or foreign films, such as Ghost Rider and Superman Returns.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13924957" id="r-18_1100697890"&gt;Ramji Londonwaley: A Delicious Comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sify, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;54 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the film thankfully doesn't fall into the trap of condemning foreign culture or   Madhavan was a little over-the-top in his earlier Hindi films, he's completely   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;amp;categ_id=4&amp;amp;article_id=17924" id="r-17_1100712121"&gt;Vincent Dieutre and 'third cinema'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ne a Beyrouth tries to match the work of a foreign filmmaker to the concerns   He is a character in his films, though Vincent on screen is never exactly Vincent   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/lede-sidebar.php" id="r-11_1100717132"&gt;A map to the most buried of cinematic treasures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Shooting Gallery Film Series, that theatrical distribution was no longer an economically viable option for most foreign and independent films, Larry Meistrich   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=17949&amp;amp;issue=280" id="r-9_0"&gt;Thursday, September 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Billings Outpost, MT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The More Great Foreign Films series screens De Sica s 1948 movie,  The Bicycle Thief.  7 pm, third floor of Parmly Billings Library. Free.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081820383810970.htm" id="r-1_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Popular teen actress Moon Keun-young plays an ethnic Korean-Chinese woman named Jang Chae-lin who lives in Yonbian, China, and comes to Seoul to learn dance   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496041569011540?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496041569011540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496041569011540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496041569011540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496041569011540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-capsule-movie-reviews_24.html' title='Spanish films - Capsule movie reviews  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112496041437025111</id><published>2005-08-24T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T02:00:14.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Stripes: Special Edition  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58293" id="r-10_0"&gt;Stripes: Special Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film, the comedian having up to that point only shot films made in   languages covered, with the commentary also subtitled in English, Danish, Italian and Spanish   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/entertainment/article/0,2403,BSUN_19066_4023562,00.html" id="r-17_0"&gt;Monica Bellucci on 'Grimm,' 'Passion' and movies in general&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bremerton Sun,  United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  make incredible movies: big blockbusters like 'Matrix' and more intimate films like 'Magnolia   September) and in the buff for the cover of Italian Vanity Fair to   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112496041437025111?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112496041437025111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112496041437025111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496041437025111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112496041437025111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-stripes-special-edition.html' title='French films - Stripes: Special Edition  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112495682015315678</id><published>2005-08-24T21:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T01:00:20.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/July2005/25/c4253.html" id="r-15_0"&gt;Foreign films, jumpin' jazz and celebrations of centuries past  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Included in the festival this year are First Films World Competition, Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and the Canadian Student   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08242005/communit/59397.htm" id="r-12_0"&gt;Active Retirement Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Portsmouth Herald News, NH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Fall offerings also include a writing group, play reading, a watercolor class focusing on landscapes, viewing four foreign films, a physical fitness program   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005081121185310970.htm" id="r-3_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Yim Phil-sung, the film is a fictional account of a South Korean exploring team that sets out to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, or the point   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=88681" id="r-19_0"&gt;Ghanaian filmmakers set to revive industry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;GhanaWeb, Ghana -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mr Akuffo said the film industry could become a non-traditional export and earn substantial foreign exchange. He explained that the films could be sold to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-6_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  (In the good ol' USA, this primarily means 'foreign' films, meaning films without English-language dialogue.) However, 'text' also refers to Captioning - an   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-7_1100663385"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112495682015315678?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112495682015315678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112495682015315678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495682015315678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495682015315678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/french-films-foreign-films-jumpin-jazz_24.html' title='French films - Foreign films, jumpin&amp;#39; jazz and celebrations of centuries past  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112495681872193714</id><published>2005-08-24T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T01:00:18.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish films - Filmgoers flock for bona fide birds  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050823/PENGUINS23/TPEntertainment/TopStories" id="r-18_1100684601"&gt;Filmgoers flock for bona fide birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  end result has been the stream of computer-generated films, reducing animals   got rid of certain anthropomorphizing qualities of the original French film, such   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58290" id="r-15_0"&gt;Please support DVD Times by ordering through our partners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of 1968 - and this renders it one of Chabrol's most personal films.   The French mono soundtrack is, however, completely satisfactory and the subtitles are   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12282352.htm" id="r-0_0"&gt;Have fun with French films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Jose Mercury News, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  These three French-made films all have some comedy, drama, creepiness and striking originality, making any and all subtitles worth the work.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.standard.net/standard/go/60204/" id="r-5_0"&gt;'St. Ralph' surest bet of art films&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Standard-Examiner (subscription), UT -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Pain and death have never been too far away from Bergman's classic films. This one is no exception.   In French with English subtitles.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.communitypress.com/ForestParkOH/News.asp?pageType=StoryCurrent&amp;amp;StoryArchiveID=17085&amp;amp;StoryID=5226&amp;amp;Section=Life&amp;amp;OnlineSection=Life&amp;amp;SectionPubDate=Wednesday,%20August%2024,%202005&amp;amp;RefDate=8/24/2005" id="r-19_1100693900"&gt;'Valiant' won't fly for younger audiences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hilltop press, OH -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of the suave flyers I've seen in so many older war films and, even   that carry messages back and forth between British troops and the French underground behind   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050820/saturday/main1.htm" id="r-13_0"&gt;Tintin s new voyage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Tribune, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Says Mohamed Bendjebbour, audiovisual attach  of the French embassy in New Delhi: "We are committed to funding efforts to popularise French films and TV shows   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/263eaab4-1505-11da-9df1-00000e2511c8.html" id="r-1_1100716791"&gt;A plot well lost in fascinating weirdness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Financial Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  I like to speculate that the two sons, one a guard on the French-Swiss border   How on earth did these films avoid being scrunched into a ball and aimed across a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-li.dvd25aug25,1,3763253.story?coll=bal-live-headlines" id="r-12_0"&gt;Rocking on 'The Dick Cavett Show'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Baltimore Sun, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;37 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  lot is 1975's Flic Story, based on the memoir of real-life French police detective   budget musical from 1957 is just one of the many youth films Hollywood made   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112495681872193714?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112495681872193714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112495681872193714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495681872193714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495681872193714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/spanish-films-filmgoers-flock-for-bona_24.html' title='Spanish films - Filmgoers flock for bona fide birds  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112495320891313421</id><published>2005-08-24T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T00:00:08.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian films - Changing face of Cinema  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10858" id="r-19_0"&gt;Changing face of Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Screen India, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Foreign films grossed rupees 1800 million in 2004 and constituted 15-17% and 20% of GBOC for all Hindi films and Top 50 Hindi films respectively.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2030" id="r-10_1100701765"&gt;Your ticket to Hollywood: the best of this year's Toronto Film  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Eyeopener, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The true reason cinephiles line up in the not-always-kind September weather is to view as many foreign films as possible, since many festival picks never see   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/ENTERTAINMENT03/508190319/1060/ENTERTAINMENT" id="r-14_0"&gt;Capsule movie reviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;El Paso Times, TX -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;    . In the El Paso Museum of Art's Foreign Films 2005 series, contemporary films from around the world are screened at 2 pm Saturdays through October at the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005080419131010970.htm" id="r-4_0"&gt;Local and Foreign Films With English Subtitles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Korea Times, South Korea -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Directed by Jeong Ji-yeong and starring An Seong-gi and Choe Jin-sil, the film depicts the lives of people in the war-torn nation in the 1950s.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,16379784-7485,00.html" id="r-2_0"&gt;Lots in translation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Michael Bodey. YOU may never see them but a host of foreign films are injecting huge amounts of money into the Australian movie business.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/40/features-foundas.php" id="r-0_1100717142"&gt;Not Showing at a Theater Near You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;LA Weekly, CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In the meantime, it s important to stress that foreign films are hardly unique where thorny distribution dilemmas are concerned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/0/045282-9110-004.html" id="r-13_0"&gt;Kerasotes to start showing art films in Muncie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Muncie Star Press, IN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MUNCIE   Local motion picture buffs who have long lamented the fact that Muncie had no venue for art and foreign films will have at least six months to make   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468716,00110003.htm" id="r-7_1100663385"&gt;Short cut to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Hindustan Times, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Hallstrom already has well-received 'foreign' films like Chocolat and Cider House Rules behind him and is now filming The Hoax, with Richard Gere playing a real   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&amp;amp;sid=aM34deO709gY&amp;amp;refer=europe" id="r-16_0"&gt;Prague, Where Movie Extras Make $30, Is Hollywood Favorite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from   Hungary allows foreign movie-production companies to deduct 20 percent of corporate income   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=88681" id="r-18_0"&gt;Ghanaian filmmakers set to revive industry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;GhanaWeb, Ghana -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mr Akuffo said the film industry could become a non-traditional export and earn substantial foreign exchange. He explained that the films could be sold to   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112495320891313421?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112495320891313421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14338049&amp;postID=112495320891313421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495320891313421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14338049/posts/default/112495320891313421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/2005/08/italian-films-changing-face-of-cinema_24.html' title='Italian films - Changing face of Cinema  '/><author><name>Movies I Watch</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338049.post-112495320678409279</id><published>2005-08-24T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T00:00:06.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>French films - Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9139" id="r-4_1100711417"&gt;Intermittent Issues: Digital Projection (Finally) Gets A Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Box Office Prophets -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in Theater #1 with no subtitles, Theater #2 with Spanish subtitles, Theater   world, regardless of native language or preference for dubbed or subtitled films.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58293" id="r-9_0"&gt;Stripes: Special Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DVDTimes.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  film, the comedian having up to that point only shot films made in his   covered, with the commentary also subtitled in English, Danish, Italian and Spanish.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/08/24/local/iq_3655900.txt" id="r-18_1100718159"&gt;Renovation theater: Industry family has big plans for former  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Journal Times Online, WI -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  There was a tremendous interest in silent films," he said   which operated until 1961, differentiated itself from other local theaters with its Spanish theme, "so   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=149197" id="r-8_1100704082"&gt;Dominion Prequel To The Exorcist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Channel 4 News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tod Browning made his 1931 Dracula, for example, a Spanish alternative was   filmmaker, former Scorsese collaborator, writer-director of such films as American   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=15434" id="r-14_0"&gt;Film museum now open&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tempo, Philippines -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  to the Spanish occupation when busi-nessman Senor Pertierra first brought to our shores the Gau-mont Chronophotograph and showed the first films on Jan.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14338049-112495320678409279?l=foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://foreignfilmsinfo.blogspot.com/feeds/112495320678409279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/>
